drag one's heels
drag one's heels · drags one's heels · dragged one's heels · dragging one's heels
тянуть резину, тянуть волынку, волочить ноги
herumtrödeln
Synonym of drag one's feetSynonym of drag one's feet.
Meaning
1 sensesSynonym of drag one's feet.
More definitions
- postpone doing what one should be doing
Forms
drags one's heels, dragging one's heels, dragged one's heels, dragged one's heels| Base form | drag one's heels · to drag one's heels |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | drags one's heels |
| Present participle | dragging one's heels |
| Past simple | dragged one's heels |
| Past participle | dragged one's heels |
irregular
Synonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- postpone doing what one should be doing:procrastinatestalldrag one's feetshillyshallydilly-dallydillydally
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.